A U.S. Army soldier from Blackfoot Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment carries a severed human head in a bag in the village of Shakarat, in the volatile Diyala province, about 60 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008.
Iraqi soldiers tend to the dead and wounded moments after a suicide attack on a celebration marking Army Day in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008.
An Iraqi man places flowers in the barrel of a soldier's gun moments before the civilian was killed in a suicide attack on a celebration marking Army Day in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008.
An Iraqi prisoner holds hands with a relative during a visit in western Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. Seventy-five prisoners were allowed visitors on Saturday.
An Iraqi soldier unearths the skeletal remains of one of five people found in Arab Jabour in southern Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008.
Iraqi police and armed security volunteers watch a volunteer dig for the skeletal remains of five people found in Arab Jabour in southern Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008.
An Iraqi man who was imprisoned is reunited with his wife and child during a visit in western Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. Some 75 prisoners were allowed visitors on Saturday.
A man wounded by a roadside bomb is treated at a hospital in Baqouba, some 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. The bomb wounded three people, police said.
An Iraqi man calls out during Friday prayers the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008.
An Iraqi child wears a hat bearing the Iraqi flag while visiting the Imam Hussein Shrine with his mother and a female relative in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008.
Iraqi Shiites attend Friday prayers at the shrine of Imam Mousa al-Kazim in Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Jan. 4, 2008.
Sunni security volunteers stand guard under a portrait of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr during a reconciliation meeting in the neighborhood of Abu Dshir in southern Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008. Shiites from Abu Dshir hosted their Sunni neighbors from Arab Jabour for talks.
Iraqi Kurds gather to pray for rain in Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008. Rainfall in the northern Iraqi region has been lower than normal, but on Wednesday, their prayers were answered with a sprinkling of rain.
U.S. Army soldiers from Ghostrider Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, run across an open space after throwing smoke grenades to conceal their movement during a foot patrol on the outskirts of Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008.
Relatives of Abbas Salman prepare his head for burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008.
A woman weeps over the coffin of bombing victim Naed Touma in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008. A suicide attacker killed at least 32 men gathered in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday to mourn the death of a retired Iraqi army officer, a Shiite who was slain last week in a car bombing blamed on al-Qaida in Iraq.
A victim of a suicide bomb attack recovers in a central Baghdad, Iraq, hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008. A suicide bomber detonated a vest loaded with explosives at a Shiite funeral in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 28 people and wounding 33 others, police and ambulance officials said.
An Iraqi youth wears a Santa Claus suit while holding sparklers to celebrate the New Year in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Dec. 31, 2007.
An Iraqi female police officer cleans her weapon during a ceremony for 92 women who completed a two month course in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Dec. 31, 2007.
Iraqi female police officers are seen with their weapons during a ceremony for 92 women who completed a two month course in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Dec. 31, 2007.